smithke

Congratulations Gordonsville! Nice win!

Whoa... easy folks... it was just an assesment on the comment "I wouldn't take Gordonsville litely" and based on last night seems pretty much on target. You're right... Gordonsville came to play (hats off to them) and BBS did not. Gordonsville did play and did win... and they are still playing today. I would really like to see them go far. I just don't think they will and that is an opinion. That is what this board is for. Folks who do not know anything about the teams being able to get information from folks who were there. Ummm and the way the Gordonsville coach did his line up worked and generated enough runs in the non blown innings to be the difference in the game. I was just pointing out 4 hitters above .300 on the year verses 8 in the lineup hitting over .300 on the year for BBS. Thank you for helping make my point with this: "If your defense "gives" baserunners and infield hits, and regularly overruns bunts, your defense isn't that good." On this give day the defense was not very good in this given inning. No bitterness as I have no one playing. Just disappointed for BBS as I feel like they could have made some noise. TN needs to adopt the 3 game series like GA has then one bad day or one bad inning does not put a team out. This would make only district champions get to move on. Of course the TSSAA is all about money so the more teams playing the more cash to make. Sadly there was pleanty of classlessness to go around. It seems everyone feels entitled these days to yell anything. I would like to say it is just kids being kids but some were adults.

I would love for Gordonsville to make some noise... it might take the sting away a little for BBS. I feel llike this was Gordonsville's "any given day." Hat's off to them... they did what it took. However, the score is not always a good indicator. They have 4 above .300 hitters. They batted them 3,4 and 7,8. This is designed to give you a chance to score runs every inning and more if the defense gives you other base runners. The Bucs's gave them more. Gordonsville had 5 infield hits. 4 of them ended up scoring. One of the IH's was a shot to third that was stopped but no chance to throw the runner out. The rest were bunt's that were over ran by infielders or good pitches blooped into no mans land. So, they were as close to being strike outs as they were hits, but this day they were hits. In 6 innings (1-5 and 7) Gordonsville had 5 runs on 8 hits. (I know they all count) In the 6th inning they had 6 runs on 5 hits (3 IH's) a walk and 3 BBS errors. BBS played like it was graduation day and they got up early for that on offense too. Two runners that would have for sure scored were out at the plate on base running mistakes. Another was caught stealing on one that got away from the catche because he did not slide at second. BBS hit three line drives that were right to or just in reach of the fielder and all would have resulted in one or two runs if they were a foot further away. If you take away the runs given... Gordonsville has 8 runs (4 of the 8 are still infield hits). If BBS has the 2 that were out at the plate the game is tied. Then just one of the line drives has to move a foot. So, for Gordonsville to make noise... I see that they need help from the defense, several IH's and three solid shots from the other team to be right at their fielder. Having said all this... Go Gordonsville! I hope the go all the way!

kind of liked his reasoning but your right one has nothing to do with the other With this logic... SD beat CB 41 to 0 BB beat CB 14 to 7 So SD should beat BB by 35... but wait... BB beats SD by 1 and could have been 7 and not finished in OT but for the botched field goal hail mary. Go Bucs!

It has been a long week and I am a little tired… but the TD on the botched field goal was a Silverdale score… without which Boyd wins in regulation… right? So, I am missing how this score has anything to do with Boyd being fortunate in winning the game.

Well that did not last long. TD MC... two point attempt failed BBS 15 MC 18 6:48 left 4th

Bucs TD - get 2 point... now BBS 15 MC 12 10+ minutes left in game.

Starting 4th still 12 to 7. Bucs deep in MC territory

So R3 will pair with R4? I would favor BBS by 9 against Watertown and 15 against Clarkrange. However, Grace will be a double digit underdog against both. Watertown by 6 over Clarkrange.

Yes.. but here is is where you should add Copper Basin's 7 wins to boyd for 48 and Oneida's 1 for Jellico for 48... or does the last week not count. I mean what's done is done... I just wanted to understand.

I guess we don't get to see the final rankings... I would like to know where I messed up... There must be some BCS factors at play here. Looks like Q1 has the best teams... and FC has a cake walk to the semi. Five 9-1 teams in Q1

I am not sure how the categories are weighted. But if you apply last night Boyd owns 6 ties Oneida in 5 and Oneida has 5. Boyd owns or ties the first 5 categories. Does that mean that I have applied the games wrong… likely… but Copper Basin was a much better win than Jellico… Looks to me like Boyd jumps them and gets a bye.

Wow… I just watched the game replay… The second touchdown and last touchdown for SP were aided by the wing officials missing one of the oldest tricks in the book. Speaking as a former wing official you have to see the wide out holding the corner. Coaches know the wing official has responsibility for the ball carrier in the area and most will not catch this so the wide out locks up and then falls down or takes down the corner. You can see it if you know what to look for in real time, but slow it down and watch the take down. If you do it well it almost looks like the defender causes the fall. It also happens at least twice on the last touchdown. The first time the defender is trying to pull away and gets into the path of the runner and makes the tackle anyway. The next time is close to the goal line and you can see the defender trying to pull away but cannot. Again, if you know what you are looking for you can see it in real time, but slow it down and there is no doubt. I am not asking you to believe me… it is “on demandâ€â€¦ watch it yourself. Oh and if the official catches it… then the wide out will generally not do it the rest of the game. Or with speed like SP has… it may be... just take our chance if it is called back we just try again. If I was playing SP I would inform the officials before the game that this has been observed during game film and to please be aware of it in the game. Take those plays away and it might have ended 35 to 7 at the very least the last score came with a little over a minute left in the game and time could have run out if SP had been backed up twice on the drive.

The paper prognosticators have SP picked 8 to 1. I guess BBS should just stay home, stay dry and start preparing for Maplewood… Oh wait… the game is decided on the field and not in the paper or on this board. Looking for it to be a great game... and go Bucs!

Not sure who you are, but I was a member of the SETFOA for 14 years and I have worked several playoff games. The Saturday after, at the UTC game, several college and high school officials in the press box watched several versions of the play and all said it was the worst call that they had ever seen and was made by an official that was out of position. So… I will go with what I saw and their opinion. I did not make the post to restart an argument about the call because, if you know what you are talking about, it is on film… so there is no argument… you don’t get “bounce†yards. The past is the past... let's let that go... The point I was making is that Boyd was at least even if not the better team last year and… they seem to be better this year… or at least the offense has started off better than they did last year.